Using Input in User Defined Functions!(Python)

Question

I am wondering, is there a way to use the input() function inside a user-defined function? I tried doing this

def nameEdit(name):
 name = input()
 name = name.capitalize
 return name

• Islay: And...? Does it give an error?

Answer 1

Using input is fine. However, you aren't calling name.capitalize; you're just getting a reference to the method and assigning that to name. [Further, as pointed out by Bob, your function doesn't need a name argument.] The correct code would be

def nameEdit():
 name = input()
 name = name.capitalize()
 return name

or more simply:

def nameEdit():
 return input().capitalize()

• Bob: There shouldn't be a need to pass in a name argument to the method since it isn't actually being used. Unless I'm missing something.

Answer 2

Are you talking about asking for input from a user from a method? If so then this would be what you're looking for:

def nameEdit():
 name = input("Enter your name: ")
 name = name.capitalize()
 return name

• jwodder: The tags say Python 3, so it'd be input instead of raw_input.
• mauve: Also, that won't run until you call the function. nameEdit()
• Bob: Thanks for the catch on the raw_input, forgot about that. Updated my answer accordingly.